Sakuracon 2022: ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D Interview

By Sean Cruz, Jun Hong Pua, Lisa Su, & Matthew Fu

Transcribed by Jun Hong Pua

Edited by Sean Cruz

*note: This is a repost from April 2022 as the original article seems to have disappeared

RS = ROOKiEZ's SHiNNOSUKE
RI = ROOKiEZ's ICCHAN

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Sakura-Con 2019: ROOKiEZ IS PUNK'D Interview

By Sean Cruz

Japan-A-Radio was granted an exclusive one on one interview with Japanese Rock band ROOKiEZ IS PUNK'D at Sakuracon this past weekend before their concert took place. ROOKiEZ IS PUNK'D features SHINNOSUKE on guitar and vocals, U on drums and RYOTA on Bass. After starting off with their thoughts on Seattle, where they visited Pike Place Market and the Gumwall, we dove into the meat of the interview, starting with their expectations of an American audience for their concert.

Sakuracon 2019 – Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection Creative Staff Interview

By Sean Cruz & Jun Hong Pua

Sakuracon 2019 – The Promised Neverland Interview

By Sean Cruz, Matthew Fu, Jun Hong Pua & Lisa Su

Japan-A-Radio was part of a group interview with the creative team behind The Promised Neverland, including Mamoru Kanbe (Director), Sumire Morohoshi (Voice Actress, Emma), Shinobu Ono (Cloverworks Producer), & Kenta Suzuki (Aniplex Producer), during Sakura-Con 2019 this past weekend.

OKAMOTO's are Sho (Vocals), Kouki (Guitar), Hama (Bass), and Reiji (Drums). Sho answered the majority of the questions, half of them in English as well. The other band members often piped in as well, starting off with a further explanation of the band's name.

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Anime Director and American Comic Book fan Hiroshi Nagahama conducted a joint interview at Sakura-Con 2017 in which Japan-A-Radio was invited to be a part of. He spoke at length about his thoughts on American comics and the Marvel Universe, and on his upcoming collaboration with Stan Lee called “The Reflection”. Nagahama also spoke about the rotoscope process used in the anime series “Flowers of Evil”, which started off the interview.

bamboo (milktub)

Japan-A-Radio was given the opportunity to interview the multi-talented creator bamboo. You may know him as the vocalist for the rock duo milktub, who most recently performed the opening theme for The Eccentric Family 2, Naru ga mama, Sawagu ga mama (成るがまま騒ぐまま), but he is also:

• President of PC game maker Kitchen Guys Factory (OVERDRIVE)
• President of PC game localization company Nihon Anime Contents (MangaGamer)
• President of recording studio, artist management, and merchandise producer STUDIO696
• Consultant for crowd-funding platform CAMPFIRE

Japan-A-Radio was given the opportunity to interview members of the production team of Thunderbolt Fantasy 東離劍遊紀 at Sakura-Con 2017. Thunderbolt Fantasy is a joint international collaboration between Nitroplus in Japan and PILI International Multimedia, Inc. in Taiwan, and is advised by Good Smile Company in Japan. The primary work of the project is probably best described as a heroic Eastern fantasy glove puppet show, formatted for TV broadcast. Most of the show is recorded using real Taiwanese Bu-Dai-Xi glove puppets, props, and sets.